Halloween Day dawned bright and sunny for Heidi's due date. She was right on target last year, and looked to be headed that way this year too. She had been patiently waiting these last few days, and looked much like a beached (but content) white whale chewing her cud in the shade of the hackberry tree. She spent much of this morning the same way, gradually ending up standing in the shade of the barn.

Woo hoo! We did it! Our first official full-blooded dairy goat doe kid. With seven out of seven being born as bucklings this past Winter and Spring, I wondered when our first doeling would arrive. In fact, I have actually heard from a goat-friend this year that some bucks can be known for throwing high percentages of either buck or doe kids. Holy milk buckets! We have had a good ratio from Jack with the Spanish and Boer nannies though, so I wasn't too worried.

One side of my family hails from Finland, and it is fun to note that Scandinavian Christmas traditions still carry a Yule Buck from ages past. The Yule Buck (or Joulupukki in Finnish) is one of the oldest symbols of the Winter season, in part because Capricorn is the first moon of the new year. The Yule Buck is represented in modern times as bundles of straw braided and tied together to make ornaments. Some stories of Santa Claus reflect him riding a billy goat, or driving a sleigh pulled by goats instead of reindeer. In Finland, Santa is actually known as Joulupukki by name.

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